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Amanda Hu

@amandalhu.bsky.social

Neighbour and pal to children, adults, and nature. Advocacy, public health, communications, politics. She/her. πŸ“Mohkinstsis, Treaty 7 (Calgary, Canada)

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Conservative political staffers basically run on Zyn so this tracks

03.03.2026 04:51 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

We must have the same flavour of doom brain because I always go to the same place: that people will exist in the future to look back at now is not a given.

03.03.2026 03:57 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to

28.02.2026 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 11462    πŸ” 4647    πŸ’¬ 77    πŸ“Œ 147

Seriously, they literally give us the stuff that makes our immune system stop working! What the heck?

03.03.2026 02:38 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Makes no sense when we have these very simple and effective tools!

03.03.2026 02:25 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Still wild that I go to my doctor to get my immunosuppressing medication in the place where the other immunosuppressed patients are and I’m solo masking in the whole place.

03.03.2026 02:24 β€” πŸ‘ 62    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Masks should never have been removed from medical settings.

03.03.2026 02:23 β€” πŸ‘ 107    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

Yes, only people including patients *and staff*

03.03.2026 02:21 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

My parents were the only people wearing masks in the cancer ward during my dad’s treatment last year. Lucked out and didn’t get sick during the procedures for which he had to be sedated.

My mom mentioned another patient who looked very frail, caught a cough, then suddenly wasn’t there anymore.

03.03.2026 02:21 β€” πŸ‘ 165    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

we protected my mom from COVID for 5 years. She caught it at the hospital during an outbreak in the dialysis ward (!!) and died 5 days later.

we will do nothing with this information as a society

02.03.2026 17:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1396    πŸ” 329    πŸ’¬ 84    πŸ“Œ 18
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Green Line Downtown Segment: Functional Planning Study We’re developing a plan for theβ€―Downtown Segment of Green Line, building on the Province of Alberta's plan and alignment.

Today is the last day for Calgarians to take the city's survey on the Green Line alignment through the downtown core.

The survey will be used for a functional study on an elevated line from Victoria Park down 10 Ave and up 2 Street SW.
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02.03.2026 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Help spread the word!

On Monday, March 9, the Bearspaw South Feeder Main (BSFM) will be shut down to allow for planned reinforcement repairs to support the stability of the current pipe.

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02.03.2026 20:13 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3

Simul-dropped during their presser heh bsky.app/profile/calg...

02.03.2026 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜You don’t get to call it a democracy when you write the questions yourself’: provincewide protest announced by AFL The Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) announced a province-wide day of protest for May 29 to stand up against what they said in a release as β€œan increasingly radical and undemocratic agenda from the ...

The Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) is calling for a provincewide day of protest on May 29, accusing the Smith government of pursuing what it describes as a radical agenda that lacks public support.

More hereπŸ‘‡ #yyc #ableg #abpoli @ctvnewscalgary.bsky.social

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01.03.2026 01:56 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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NEW: City of Calgary has changed its water use threshold to 500M litres per day. This is higher than the threshold of 485M litres per day in the immediate aftermath of the feeder main’s second break on Dec 30.

02.03.2026 20:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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City of Calgary reminding residents the Bearspaw feeder main will be shut down on March 9 to reinforcement repairs on 9 segments. Stage 4 water restrictions will be in place for 4 weeks. Pipe condition is worsening, city officials say.

02.03.2026 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

You know, a known risk of using LLMs for operational planning is that they will treat outdated information as equally valid to current information, and they aren’t good at allowing real-time user input β€œtrain” them to preference current information over the older information they were trained on.

02.03.2026 12:46 β€” πŸ‘ 147    πŸ” 54    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Picture of people and a dog standing in the snow with a wide blue sky in the background.

Picture of people and a dog standing in the snow with a wide blue sky in the background.

Crokicurl, fire, skating, XC skiing, friends, all in one place at Bowness Park this weekend. @calgary.ca workers kept delivering firewood. It was super dreamy and an example of what makes #yyc wonderful.

02.03.2026 05:28 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

*whispers* Tax increases are ok and even good when the money is effectively used to provide services and infrastructure for citizens and are applied in a way where rich people and corporations pay their fair share.

Ok, we can go back to being mad at the UCP for not being good at government. #ableg

02.03.2026 04:55 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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"In Covid's Wake" Part 2: Wron…–If Books Could Kill – AppleΒ Podcasts Podcast Episode Β· If Books Could Kill Β· June 19, 2025 Β· 1h 10m

I was in politics during covid but now live with lifelong disability from long covid. This book is as stupid on the politics as it is the science.

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22.02.2026 05:55 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah that combo of incompetence (or actually, competence in deception) + immorality should feel so bad inside if we’re doing our job correctly as a society.

01.03.2026 18:02 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I wish we lived in a society where the WMD guy was too ashamed to ever comment on another war.

01.03.2026 17:52 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I had a friend who used to say that the natural end state of Twitter is where every person has blocked every other person and then you basically are just touching grass and that sounds great haha

01.03.2026 17:49 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Bitterness and sadness’: Calgary disability hub closes, leaves gap for community An advocacy hub that has served Calgary’s disabled community for nearly three decades is closing after the province ended its funding contract a year early.

The Disability Action Hall is/was a vital part of the Calgary community. They did so much and accomplished so much. They brought their voices to City Hall to make the city a better place for everyone. They will be deeply missed. #yyccc #yyc
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27.02.2026 20:20 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

lol

27.02.2026 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’d like people to hear this interview bc I’m probably the only person who’s going to read and interpret these 1000s of emails to convey what’s been happening inside the health authority responsible for supervised consumption sites since 2024.

27.02.2026 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Alberta broke its renewable energy market; 2026 will decide if it can be fixed Podcast Episode Β· The Courtney Theriault Show Β· February 25 Β· 8m

New investment in Alberta's renewables industry plunged 99% from 2023 to 2025.

But given our fiscal woes, should the UCP do more to entice new $$$ in our ample wind and sun?

More on why Alberta would benefit from fixing this policy in 2026.

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27.02.2026 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3
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"We will not sit back and watch as this government lays out the welcome mat for making Alberta the 51st State in breach of our Treaties."

Mikisew Cree First Nation has filed a lawsuit for Danielle Smith’s flagrant disregard for Treaties.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

27.02.2026 03:16 β€” πŸ‘ 444    πŸ” 166    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 11

lol I did not plan this reference. Guess it’s been on my mind! #ableg

27.02.2026 03:36 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We’d done pretty well here with building our caring community… and then pushed our luck getting into politics that messed a few things up 🫠

27.02.2026 03:16 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0